Savings bank



1. H. GHEER.

. sAvlNes BANK.

APPLICATION FILEDA IAN. 12| 1921 Patented May 23, f1

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BY N ATTORNEYS `tion of coins and paper money ifdesired andv par si FHN H. GREJER, 0F SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFDRNA.

SAVINGS BANK.

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.application filed. January 12, 1921. Serial No. 436,674.

To all w 710m t 711.04/ concern Be it known that l, JOHN lllinnnu, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented. a certain new and useful Savings Bank, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to `savings banks and more particularly to the type consisting of small portable home banks for the recepe which banks are provided with locks and keys.

llt is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a small home savings bank that is not only simple, practicable, substantial and durable, but is also of an ornate appearance and, further, may serve as an article of utility because of its peculiar shape. y

A further object of the present invention is to provide a home savingsbank of inexpensive type of construction so that the vices may be readily distributed by banking institutions and others interested as anadvertising medium to encourage thrift and .financial savings with a mutual benelicial result to the recipients of the banks forenablingthe safe collection of money, and to the distributors of the banks in `resultant business gain.

lt is a further object of the invention to provide a bank that While inexpensive and simple is of suchtype of construction as to be comparatively secure against opening and against the removal of inserted coins or other money.

The invention possesses other objects and `features of advantage, some of Which, With the foregoing, will be made manifest in the following description of the preferred forni of the invention which is illustratedin the drawings accompanying and forming part of the specification. lt is to be understood that it is not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment shown by the said. drawings and description as variations may be adopted Within the scope of the invention as set forth in the claims.

Referring to the dravvingsrn l is aside elevation of theiinproved ban lthe snap lock llig. 2 is a plan view of one of the sections of the bank looking into the interior thereof.

F 3 .is a longitudinal section on the plane indicated by lines 3-3 Fig. 2.

Fig. l is a detail elevation of the interlocking connection betiveen the sections and device preventing relative rotation.

Fig. 5 is aninside elevation of the guard covering the coin slot of the shell of the bank, and

Fig. 6 is a cross section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

The invention may be embodied. in various -forms of construction. but preferably is em bodied in a shell ofegg-shape Which is made of separable sections adapted to interlock when telescoped and rotatively moved relative to each other; the shell being provided With a suitable form of snap or automatic lock to prevent relative rotation of the interlocked shell until a proper controlling key has been applied to release the lock. The invention further consists of" a novel form of coin slot guard which, While permitting` the ready insertion of objects, at the same time prevents an effectual barrier against the removal of the objects from the interior ofthe shell.

i The attractiveness of the device is secured by the formation of the shell in the contour of an egg thus lending.r to the advertising" feature of the device by the development of the idea thatone shouldv provide a so called nest-egg or savings for the future. Again this peculliar shape ofthe bank enables the utilization of the device as an implement in household for facilitatii'ig inending operation upon hose and half hose in lieu of the ordinary darning egg novv commonly used.

Preferably the bank consists of a shell having sections 2 and 3 which While here shown as meeting on a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the eggshaped body, yet. may be constructed and formed. so as to meet on any other plane takenacross the shell'. Ain. object of separating the sections 2 and 8 on a line transverse to the axis of the egg-shaped body is to enable the shell sections to be readily telescoped at their meeting edges and then rotated to be interlocked against lateral separation.

ythe several pins et will take yVihen the circular edges 5 f edge dotted lines yin Fig.

Suitable interlocking means for securing the sections against lateral separation may be'employed and the preferred form ot sueh means is here shown as including a series of pin-s t provided on one of the sections, in this case on section 2; these pins being arranged on the interior o't. the shell and at a slight distance inwardly from the circular edge 5 thereof. The complementary section 3 is provided with an inwardly rehated or flange-like portion 6 adapted to telescope in the circular mouth ot the section 2 and is provided vwith a series of L-shaped bayonet slots? into which the locking` pins et iirst move as the sections have been moved telescopically. After the edge 5 o'i'i the section 2 closely approaches the contiguous edge of the section 3 then the sections are relatively rotated until the pins 4 pass into the heel 7 ot the bayonet slot which ivi ll therefore hold the sections against lateral separation until the pins are again turned into the mouth et' the slot.

Means are provided tor automatically locking the sections in their assembled position after the securing pins have been passed into the heels of the slots; the locking means yserving to prevent rotation ot the sections upon Aeachother Auntil a suitable and controlling' key has been inserted into the lock to Withdraw its bolt from a coordinate portion or" one ot the shell sections. To achieve simplification and economy in construction a locking device is-employed .vhich has a bolt coordinate to one ot' the bayonet slots 7 so that one of these slots is utilized in combination With the locking` device to hold the sections against rotation. To this end a simple and suitable torni ot cabinet lock 1.0

vhaving' a bolt 11 is provided on the interior, in this case ot the section 2 and so disposed that its bolt 1l automatically projects along the contiguous side ot the section and adjacent the edge 5.

The lock lO is so disposed with respect to one of the bayonet pins 4t that when the section 2 is assembled upon the section 3 a position at the mouth of the slot 7 at which time the bolt ll of the lock ivill bear upon the edge 6a ot the portion 6 and the bolt will be repressed as the sections 2 and 3 are telescoped and as the pins 1lmove into the slots 7. and S. Fig. come into abutment then the sections are relatively rotated so as to carry the pins l into `the heels 7av of the bayonet slots at which time the bolt 1l Will ride troni the aninto the mouth ot' the contiguous slot; Ilas clearly shown in Fig. 4L. whereupon the sections will be locked against relative rotation untilasuitable key K shown. in 3 is inserted into the lock and thej bolt retracted.

One of the shell sections is provided With a coin slot l2 lig. t3. tor the reception ot coins which are prevented troni being extracted from the bank by suitable guard arranged upon the interior o1" the bank seetion. iiuch guard is here shown :n-t eoniprising' series olf opposilely disposed resilient tongues 12E yieldable upon the insertion ol' n coin or other object and elosinir together again n'l'ter the lull insertion ol' the enin or object in such manner as to prevent` Ashe retraction thereof. rlhe several prongs l may be struck up troni :i traine. portion l-l arranged :mout the coin slot It), and suitably soeur/ed upon the interior suri'ar-e ol' the bank section. il. bzufking` devire inay he utilized to prevent; undue sepzn'ation ol' the. guard prong; or tonnen l) and sueh deviee may oinpiise a box-like portion Iii havinnj a mouth lo at its inner hase through which the tongues l?) proieet. the tront portion ot the box l5 may bea r upon the 'lrnnie parts li and the Whole guard structure may be readil),v and securely held in place by lucana oi" horns li" struck invurdly troni the ends= oil.I the slot and crimped over the end Walls ot the box l5.

lWhat claimed is:

l. A savings bank consisting otf a shell having separable sect-ions with bayonet lug and slot interloekingmeans at their incetiner edges, and a snap lock Whose bolt enters one ot the slots ttor securing the sections assembled.

Q. A. savings bank consisting ot a shell having separable sections with teleseopie meeting` edges and bayonet interloeking means and an automatic snap lock tor securing` the sections utter they have been rotated on each other to interlock.

Il. savings bank consisting ot a shell having sections vvith teleseopie edges one ot which edges is notched. a snap fastener pro-- jective into said notch tor locking the seotions in closed position. and means tor in- 'terloclfing` the sectionsI upon relative rotative movement in one direction.

/l. savings bank consisting oi a shell having.' sections with telescopic edges, a snap fastener tor locking the sections in elosed position. and means for interlocking the seetions upon relative rotative movement in one direction the snap tastener being eooperable nith n part ol the interlocking means.

savings bank consisting ol' a shell having sections With pin and slot interlocking-means, and a snap `tastener eo-(nierable with a slotoi" said interlocking m mns to lock theassembled .sections against rotation.

6. A savings bank consisting ot :i shell having sections with pin and slot interlocking*` means, and a snap fastened co-operable with said interlocking' means to lock the assembled sections.. the bolt: o't the AFastener projecting into a coordinate slot of the inter- "ioijiiessseil :uitoinaticzilly promoting into the el ot es the loclrinv merino ne the sections are interloclted.

Y. :Bovinos henk consietin ot si Shell u *D u i hotline' eeetione teleseooic and, rotative .to 5 i interlock intl to cieooiinect? :t vleetener on one section with o Spring holt, the other eeeY tion hoi/i on angular alotv the holt heilig; the eectioiius are teleecopecl amil Sections are relatively rotated.

savings henk consisting o'l si Shell having Sections; telescopio end rototive to interlock and to disconnect, mno/p tuetener on one Seotion "with o, spring1 holt, the other section hoi/.ing on unpfuler slot, the holt he ingr repressed ue the Sections are teleseopefl :nul outonmti@ollyprojecting into the Slot :is`

and automatically projecting into the Slot als the sections are relatively rotated, the holt locking the :sections against, rotation.

l0. A Savings liiz'inlt consisting oi? ai., Shell having sections telescopio :incl rotative to interlock :incl to disconnect, si snep fastener on one Section with e spring holt, the other section having en angulo-r slot, the holt being-g repressed es the Sections are teleecoped. zuifl automatically projecting into the slot as the sections are relatively rotated, and zi pin interlockuhle in the slot to prevent extraction o'l` one section 'from the other, the holt loclting the sections against rotation.

il. .ln u, eoin savings bank, a, shell having e, coin slot, find t slot guard comprising :i traine secured about the slot and having series ot opposed, resilient tongues separable hy sin inwardly thrust coin, und o, hacking device for the tongues, the shell having' horns etruclr in at the ends of the slot and clinched over the guard. to secure it in place.

ln testimony whereof, l have hereunto Set my hand.

JOHN H. GREER. 

